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Peripheral vascular disease refers to diseases of blood vessels outside the heart and brain. It's often a narrowing of the vessels that carry blood to leg and arm muscles. There are two types of these circulation disorders:

• Functional peripheral vascular diseases don't have an organic cause and don't involve defects in blood vessels' structure. They're usually short-term effects and can come and go. Raynaud's disease (or Raynaud's phenomenon) is an example. It can be triggered by cold temperatures, emotional stress, working with vibrating machinery or smoking.
• Organic peripheral vascular diseases are caused by structural changes in the blood vessels (such inflammation and tissue damage). Peripheral artery disease is an example. It's caused by atherosclerosis.

Please assist us by remembering to bring the following to your appointment:

• Referral form (for HMO insurance, if required).
• Insurance cards and a means of identification such as a driver's license or social security card.
• List of current medications you are taking including prescriptions, over the counter medications, and any herbs.
• Relevant information about your medical and surgical history. Bring any pertinent x-rays or records you may have.
• Important questions you would like to ask the doctor.

Our office hours are 8:30 am to 5:30 pm, Monday through Friday. We have the utmost respect for everyone’s time, and we do everything we can to make the best use of both your time and our physician’s time.

If you ever feel that you are experiencing a medical emergency, do not hesitate to call our office, regardless of the day or hour. We have in place a system of physician coverage that ensures that urgent medical needs will be met.

Please call 516-562-4834 to request an appointment. When you call, the scheduler will ask for the following information:

• Your name
• Your date of birth
• Brief description of the reason for the appointment
• Your Address
• Home and alternate (work) phone numbers
• Your primary physician or health care provider, and whether or not you would like us to send a report of your child's visit to that provider
• Your Insurance or HMO information

This listing provides you, your family and visitors with the phone numbers of some hospital departments you may need to reach. If you are dialing from within the hospital, and the exchange is 562, you need only dial the last four digits.

Visitor parking is available in the Hospital's 950-car multi-tiered parking garage, located directly opposite the main hospital lobby at Entrance #3. There is a nominal fee for parking. Visitors are charged $1.75 for up to one hour; $3.50 for one to two hours; $4.50 for two to four hours, and $5.00 for more than four hours. The Hospital has made provision for two "Emergency Contact" persons for each patient. It is requested that these contact persons bring their driver's licenses to the Cashiers' Office located on the first floor of the Monti Pavilion. The Cashier will verify the information and offer the following parking benefits:

• The two "Emergency Contact" persons may re-enter the parking garage on the same day without paying an additional fee. When exiting after the first visit, pay the posted rates and request a receipt from the Cashier. On the second visit of the same day, bring the receipt from the first visit and the parking ticket from the second visit to the Cashiers' Office where the ticket will be validated.
• After 14 days, all visits by the "Emergency Contact" persons are free. The Cashiers' Office will validate parking tickets after 14 days. Ticket validation takes place during the Cashiers' Office normal business hours (8:00 A.M. - 4:30 P.M.).
• Parents of infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) may park free of charge in the garage. Bring the parking ticket to the Nursing Station in NICU where it will be stamped. Then stop at the Security Desk in the Monti Lobby to have the ticket validated.

While you are in the hospital, family and friends may be anxious to visit you. We will try to accommodate them but urge you and your visitors to keep in mind that while you are here, you may need a great deal of rest to help you recuperate. We also ask that you and your visitors respect the needs and wishes of other patients who are sharing your room.

Children under the age of 14 are discouraged as visitors on patient floors other than the Maternity Unit.

Please note that visiting hours are subject to change. You may verify visiting hours with the patient's unit.

General Visiting Hours:
1:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M.

Pediatrics:
1:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M.
One parent may remain with the child at all times. Siblings may visit from 4:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. on Wednesdays and weekends. There are provisions for sleeping in the child's room.

Adolescent Unit:
1:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M.

Psychiatric Floor:
1:30 P.M. to 2:30 P.M., and 6:30 P.M. to 8:00 P.M.

Maternity:
10:00 A.M. to 10:00 P.M. for fathers.
10:30 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. for grandparents and siblings.
7:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. for others.

Intensive Care Units:
We recognize a family's concern when a loved one is in intensive care. We urge you, however, to keep the number of visits to a minimum. It is most important for patients in intensive care to receive as much rest as possible. Waiting rooms staffed by volunteers are adjacent to each intensive care unit for family members to spend time between visits.

Medical Intensive Care Unit - 5-Tower,
Respiratory Care Unit - 4-Tower,
Cardiothoracic Unit - 2-Tower:
11:00 A.M. to 1:00 P.M. and 6:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M.

Surgical Intensive Care Unit - 5-Tower:
12:00 P.M. to 2:00 P.M. and 5:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M.

Pediatric Intensive Care Unit - 3-Tower:
Only two members of the immediate family are permitted at the bedside at a time. Parents may visit at any hour but others must leave by 8:00 P.M.

Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) - 3 Levitt:
Parents are encouraged to visit their babies in the neonatal intensive care unit at any time of the day or night except between the hours of 8:00 A.M. and 12:00 Noon. Please check with the unit for specific visiting times set-aside for grandparents. Others may view babies through the nursery windows during regular maternity visiting hours.

Visit Vision:
For children under the age of 14, or other visitors who do not wish to go up to the patient's room, the Hospital has installed a Visit Vision system. A visitor may stand in front of a video camera located in the Monti lobby while talking to the patient on a courtesy telephone. This system allows the patient to view the visitor while conversing.

The Surgical Waiting Room is located on the second floor of the Don Monti Memorial Pavilion. Your immediate family can wait there while you are in the Operating Room. There is a Volunteer on service five days a week to notify your family when your surgery is complete and when you return to your room. Two family members may be allowed in the Post Anesthesia Care Unit for a specified period of time at the discretion of your physician and the unit. Your family may call the surgical waiting room at (516) 562-8205 for an update on your surgical procedure.